„The virtues chose Modesty to be their queen.”I did not know that I was a virtue,” she said. “Why did you not choose Innocence?””Because of her ignorance,” they replied. “She knows nothing but that she is a virtue.”“

— Ambrose Bierce
„She was unusual because even though I knew her family was as poor as ours, nothing she said or did seemed touched by that. Or by prejudice. Or by anything the world said or did. It was as if she had something inside her that somehow made all that not count.“
— Jesse Owens
„Why did he kiss you?" she said.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Maybe this is why Misty loved him. Loved you. Because you believed in her so much more than she did. You expected more from her than she did from herself.“
— Chuck Palahniuk
„I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm.“
— Jean Paul Sartre